This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To ..... his feelings of guilt as a result of his participation in the war, Henry returned after it ended to the country in which it had been fought to do charity work. A) Acclaim. B) Attribute. C) Acknowledge. D) Assuage. E) Advocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assuage. 2. To step down from power or leadership. A) Phalanx. B) Salvo. C) Stratagem. D) Abdicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abdicate. 3. Accumulate means A) Everything is equal. B) To gather. C) To get rid of; to push out. D) Disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To gather. 4. Novelist N. K. Jemisin declines to ..... the conventions of the science fiction genre in which she writes, and she has suggested that her readers appreciate her work precisely because of this willingness to thwart expectations and avoid formulaic plots and themes. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Conform to. B) Question. C) Perceive. D) React to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conform to. 5. Define tremendous. A) Move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion. B) Very great in amount, scale, or intensity. C) Be full of or swarming with. D) Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very great in amount, scale, or intensity. 6. What does "asylum" mean? A) Excessively talkative. B) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. C) To officially put an end of. D) Skillful with hands. E) A sanctuary or place of safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A sanctuary or place of safety. 7. Though the senator had been treated for cancer, his symptoms were in ..... , and he was considered fit enough to handle the strains of a presidential race. A) Rejuvenation. B) Residue. C) Remnant. D) Remission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remission. 8. A minor conflict or dispute:a small fight A) Contour. B) Skirmish. C) Skeptical. D) Designate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skirmish. 9. The quality of being well meaning; Kindness A) Betoken. B) Duplicity. C) Acuity. D) Benevoknce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benevoknce. 10. When there is a change to the environment to meet the needs of people A) Adaptation. B) Modification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modification. 11. Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner A) Jargon. B) Jabber. C) Adversary. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jabber. 12. Having or showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues. A) Duplicity. B) Accost. C) Condescending. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tactful. 13. What is the definition of "ameliorate" ? A) Profoundly honored. B) Make better. C) Polish and make shiny. D) Lasting a very short time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make better. 14. What word does this definition describe?*joy, celebration, exultation A) Jubilation. B) Impute. C) Integrity. D) Miscommunication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jubilation. 15. Bossy and commanding, like a strict general. A) Stratagem. B) Usurp. C) Retaliate. D) Imperious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperious. 16. Ambulatory:Although Robin's foot was in a cast, she was still ambulatory.Most ambulatory patients do not stay overnight at the hospital.The ninty-eight year old woman was not simply ambulatory, she was spry. A) True emergancy. B) Quick. C) Close to death. D) Capable of walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capable of walking. 17. People sometimes dismiss a claim if it comes from a source they regard as self-interested, but from a strictly logical perspective, the source of a claim is ..... :it has no direct bearing on whether the claim is true. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Indisputable. B) Irrelevant. C) Implicit. D) Indistinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrelevant. 18. Although the little boy knew he was wrong, he was too ..... to apologize to his parents. A) Obstinate. B) Penitent. C) Apathetic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obstinate. 19. What does "ubiquitous" mean? A) Present, appearing, or found everywhere. B) Transparently clear. C) To decrease in force or intensity. D) A situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil. E) Easily understood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present, appearing, or found everywhere. 20. Measuring the quality of something, not quantity A) Advocate. B) Qualitative. C) Bolster. D) Reluctantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualitative. 21. What does Indigenous mean? A) Naive. B) Bias. C) Native. D) Corrupt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Native. 22. A person who boasts about achievements or possessions A) Articulate. B) Avarice. C) Braggart. D) Debilitate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Braggart. 23. Aviation means ..... A) Avalanche. B) Aircraft. C) Average. D) Arid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aircraft. 24. Following a brief disagreement during lunch, Maya and Hannah wish to restore their friendship and move beyond their conflict. Which term most accurately encapsulates the outcome they seek? A) Reproach. B) Relegate. C) Reconnoiter. D) Reconcile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reconcile. 25. Ale passed out after running for 2 hours because he used too much ..... A) Soporific. B) Exertion. C) Ephermeral. D) Emerging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exertion. 26. Happening by chance in a lucky way. A) Fortuitous. B) Polemical. C) Arduous. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortuitous. 27. How do you spell this word? A) Camport. B) Comporte. C) Cimport. D) Comport. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comport. 28. To deeply respect and worship; to be in awe of A) Benevolent. B) Endearing. C) Revere. D) Solemn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revere. 29. All of the following words are synonyms for the word placid except for ..... A) Serene. B) Easy-going. C) Calm. D) Nuetral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuetral. 30. The wealthy man's ..... was made of silk and brocade fabric. A) Amenable. B) Lesion. C) Naive. D) Finery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finery. 31. Being larger or greater in size, scale, or proportion than what is typical or expected. It is used to describe something that is oversized or excessively large. A) Enlarged. B) Immense. C) Outsized. D) Tremendous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outsized. 32. The tsunami that crashed into the coastline was so ..... that it destroyed half of the entire city, flooding it with water. A) TREMENDOUS. B) BANE. C) VITAL. D) NEGLIGENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TREMENDOUS. 33. Trevor's public defender told him they'd been assigned a clement judge. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucky. 34. The ticket Jonah received was ..... because he was speeding. A) WAIVE. B) WANTON. C) WARRANTED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WARRANTED. 35. Harmful in a sneaky, slow way. A) Pernicious. B) Ambivalent. C) Fastidious. D) Capitulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pernicious. 36. What is the synonym of the word "inept" in the sentence: "His inept handling of the project resulted in numerous mistakes." A) Sentimental. B) Unlucky. C) Incapable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incapable. 37. Which word describes someone who is 'attractive or appealing in a sweet, innocent way'? A) Winsome. B) Repulsive. C) Boring. D) Dull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winsome. 38. Complete the sentence with the correct word:She took ..... notes during the lecture. A) Minimal. B) Occasional. C) Copious. D) Scanty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copious. 39. Having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose A) Advocate. B) Abysmal. C) Adequate. D) Abate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adequate. 40. After going out on his friend's boat, Ethan discovered he was a hapless fisherman. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlucky. 41. Event or action serving as an introduction to something more important. A) Prelude. B) Attitude. C) Postlude. D) Preclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prelude. 42. Believer; supporter; devotee. A) Acerbic. B) Abstruse. C) Abstemious. D) Adherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adherent. 43. Newly Democratic Virginia legislature hopes to ..... Jim Crow-Era laws that are still extant. A) Modificate. B) Undermine. C) Secession. D) Repeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repeal. 44. How do you spell the word that means someone who talks a lot? A) Loquacios. B) Loquacious. C) Loqacious. D) Loquaciouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loquacious. 45. The change happens in a series of discrete steps.Discrete means A) Really simple. B) Clearly separate. C) Obviously confusing. D) Profoundly coded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clearly separate. 46. The comedian was so ..... he had everyone rolling on the floor with laughter. A) Jocular. B) Intrinsic. C) Innocuous. D) Inscrutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jocular. 47. Unrealistic or impractical in a dreamy, idealistic way. A) Fastidious. B) Disparate. C) Quixotic. D) Assiduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quixotic. 48. Which thing would include criteria? A) An essay's rubric. B) My college loans. C) The weekend. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An essay's rubric. 49. The furniture salesman bragged that only ..... woods from foreign lands were used in making the fine item that he was selling. A) Abstruse. B) Fuse. C) Exotic. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exotic. 50. During the international conference, the keynote speaker's presentation was ..... , capturing the attention of every attendee with its innovative ideas and compelling evidence. A) Tedious. B) Engrossing. C) Disjointed. D) Mundane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Engrossing. 51. Levitate is most similar to what Spanish word? A) Lavar. B) Levantar. C) Locutor. D) Leche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Levantar. 52. Culminating point or the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body A) Resilient. B) Zenith. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zenith. 53. Quarrelsome; ready to fight A) Munificent. B) Apathetic. C) Iniquitous. D) Contentious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contentious. 54. A noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public A) Scrupulous. B) Exacerbate. C) Paramount. D) Altercation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altercation. 55. Ancillary:Christopher worked hard to earn an ancillary income.Our chemistry workbook is ancillary to the textbook.The queen has her ancillary maid prepare her clothes each morning. A) Helping, providing assistance, subordinate. B) In the way of. C) Number one. D) Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping, providing assistance, subordinate. 56. The iron mills are almost all in the ..... of Wheeling. A) Aviation. B) Comportment. C) Vicinity. D) Inundation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vicinity. 57. The snake will ..... off its skin each season. A) Scrupulous. B) Slough. C) Reticent. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slough. 58. What word means "a person who cultivates an area of interest such as the arts without real knowledge" ? A) Ubiquitous. B) Dilettante. C) Dexterous. D) Pellucid. E) Intrepid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dilettante. 59. Pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational A) Quiescent. B) Colloquial. C) Complacent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colloquial. 60. The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; dislike; contempt. A) Esoteric. B) Conformist. C) Prosperity. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disdain. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Words Quiz 1Sat Words Quiz 2Sat Words Quiz 3Sat Words Quiz 4Sat Words Quiz 5Sat Words Quiz 6Sat Words Quiz 7Sat Words Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books